OK, “growing a pear” does not mean anything, though, ipso facto, it does not mean “growing a pair,” and, since I am definitely not a fan of Paulie, I don’t want to start complimenting him all of a sudden. It was, after all, only a few weeks ago that Paulie was giving a glowing review…
Author: Alan Vanneman
Pseudo New Yorker
Legal humor here “It’s going to make us rich as sin, but I don’t know how.” “Of course, the real trick is figuring out how to make it roll uphill.” “We’ve already got a patent, so don’t get any ideas.” “Oh, I’ve stopped worrying about it. You know, ‘exceeding slow, exceeding fine.’ We’ll get there.”…
WRAVALJAZZ, Jazz Jam Quartet—“Straight, No Chaser”
Wouldn’t it be GREAT to have a jazz quartet right in your own living room? Well, not everyone would agree, but still. Winston Raval on Piano; Jonathan Bautista on Sax; Emerson Cardenas on Bass; Rehmannia-Dean Thomas on Drums. Posted by Winston
Donald Trump probably not as bad as the Spanish flu, Conor Friedersdorf avers
As World War I was coming to an end, the Spanish1 flu epidemic killed an estimated 675,000 Americans. Would a Trump presidency produce a similar body count? asks the Atlantic’s Conor Friedersdorf. Well, probably not, Conor, but I, in turn, have a question for you. Would the United States recover as quickly, and as completely,…
Bloomberg headline not entirely accurate, study shows
“Russia Becomes a Grain Superpower as Wheat Exports Explode”, reports (or, rather, “explodes”) Bloomberg grain dude Anatoly Medetsky. And, in fact, rising wheat exports from Russia are a tribute both to capitalism and “God” (or, you know, “weather”), but to get the explosive results he wants, showing Russian wheat exports surpassing those of the individual…
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Harvard douchebaggery not exclusively a left-wing phenomenon, study reveals
Well, it did. I did the study, and I’m revealing it. In fact, I already revealed it last week, with my takedown of right-wing Harvard douchebag N. Gregory Mankiw for trying to make us feel sorry for trust-fund babies. Well, now I have a new study, and it seems that there’s a goddamn outbreak of…
U.S. and Russia totally not alike, New York Times says
The New York Times has an editorial, Vladimir Putin’s Outlaw State, denouncing Mr. Putin for, among other things, lying about the fate of the Malaysian airliner shot down over Ukraine in July 2014 and for continuing to support Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad in that nation’s ongoing civil war. With regard to the downing of the…
Shorter Paul Ryan: “I like being Donald Trump’s bitch! I like it a lot!”
Yeah, House Speaker Paul Ryan, aka “Lyin’ Paulie Ryan”, seems to have found his true calling: ankle-grabbing for the Donald. While the reactions of most Republicans to Trump’s performance in Monday’s debate ran along the lines of “Hey, he didn’t call Obama a nigger, did he?”, Paulie’s been in full gush, reports Politico’s Rachel Bade:…
McSingers—“Straight No Chaser”
More “Straight No Chaser”? Damn straight! The Münchner Vokaljazz Gruppe, aka the “McSINGERS”, work out on Monk’s tune.